The other option is that the leaked information is correct, and is being shared by White House staffers (and other administration officials) as a last recourse. This dynamic has been addressed out in the open for the first time in a video released today.

Many know Omarosa Manigault Newman from her appearance on Trump’s reality show, The Apprentice. She served on Trump’s campaign as the Director of African-American Outreach. After the election, she served on the executive committee heading up Trump’s transition team. Once Trump took office, she was appointed Director of Communications for the Office of the Public Liaison, a very well-paid position.

It’s easy to dismiss Omarosa as an attention seeker, who was using Donald Trump to reach higher and higher levels of fame and power. Especially since we’ve heard stories like these:

And who can forget how she was epically fired from the White House in December 2017.

Sources say General Kelly did the firing and Omarosa is alleged to have acted very vulgar and cursed a lot and said she helped elect President Trump. The word is a General Kelly had it and got rid of her.

One fact about Omarosa that often gets lost in the shuffle is that, before her stint on The Apprentice, she was already involved with politics. During the Clinton administration, she served in the White House as a scheduling correspondent for Vice President Al Gore, worked in the White House Personnel Office, and also spent time at the Department of Commerce. Rumors have swirled about her job performance during her time working in the Clinton administration:

Even so, it’s unquestionable that her time working for Clinton gave her more White House experience than a great many of those in Trump’s administration. This means that her insight into the workings of the Trump White House are valuable, given that she has previous experience in government.

This week, Omarosa spoke about her motives for aligning herself with Trump, as well as her frustration with the White House. These statements weren’t prepared for an interview, they were off-the-cuff. She shared her thoughts in a conversation with one of her housemates on Celebrity Big Brother. Ross Mathews (whom you might recognize as “Ross the Intern” from Jay Leno’s Tonight Show) straight up asked Omarosa. He said:

‘From the outside, as a voter, as a citizen, I never got it. Why you went to the White House with him.’

Curled up in a ball on the couch Omarosa opened up:

‘I felt like it was a call to duty. I was serving my country, not serving him.’

This statement is backed up by fact. Were Omarosa not motivated at least partially by wanting to serve the country, she would not have accepted positions in both Democratic and Republican administrations. She went on to talk about the atmosphere in Trump’s White House:

‘I was haunted by tweets. Every single day. What’s he going to tweet next?’

She says this incredulously, like this is in such stark contrast to her experience with President Clinton that she can’t believe it was reality. Mathews continues to prod (and say aloud a question that millions of Americans think every day):

‘Does anyone say to him, “What are you doing?”‘

Omarosa responds:

‘I mean, I tried to be that person, and then all of the people around him attacked me. Ivanka [Trump]’s there, Jared [Kushner]’s there.’

Mathews asks if Americans should be concerned. She replies with a solemn nod. This isn’t the answer Mathews was looking for:

‘Don’t say that. Because we are worried. But I need you to say, “No, it’s gonna be okay.”‘

Omarosa isn’t willing to distort her truth:

‘It’s going to not be okay. It’s not. It’s so bad.’

This is a shocking confirmation from someone that’s been close to Trump for over a decade, a person close to the president, who has become incredibly worried for our country after seeing Trump in the White House.